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Top 10 hotel chains: How did Oyo get to No. 6?

US Chains are shaken up, Chinese and Indians are in the fast lane

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As a result of its break-up with its Chinese Super 8 partner, Wyndham lost over 34,000 rooms. / © Wyndham Hotels

10.7.2026

After several years of near stability, there has been a notable shakeup this year in the order of the world’s ten largest hotel groups, ranked by number of branded rooms. OYO's massive leap forward is due, in part, to a business model that is less rigorous than that of U.S. chains. And Jin Jiang is hot on Marriott's heels.

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Macy Marvel

is a former professor of economics and finance at EHL who likes to analyze markets and figures from the global hospitality business. A favourite travel destination: Crete.

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